Federal Register January 31, 2005 (Volume 70)

Agencies Publishing on January 31, 2005

Agriculture Department (9)
Commerce Department (4)
Corporation for National and Community Service (2)
Defense Department (2)
Education Department (4)
Energy Department (22)
Environmental Protection Agency (7)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Federal Communications Commission (1)
Federal Reserve System (3)
Federal Trade Commission (3)
General Services Administration (0)
Health and Human Services Department (9)
Homeland Security Department (2)
Interior Department (6)
Justice Department (2)
Labor Department (1)
Legal Services Corporation (1)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (0)
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National Science Foundation (2)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
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Postal Regulatory Commission (1)
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Railroad Retirement Board (2)
Securities and Exchange Commission (4)
State Department (2)
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Trade Representative, Office of United States (1)
Transportation Department (7)
Treasury Department (9)
Veterans Affairs Department (9)

Agriculture Department

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Meat and poultry inspection:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS FSIS Policy on Delinquent Payments for Voluntary Reimbursable Inspection Services The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is providing notice that it will not provide reimbursable voluntary inspection, certification, and identification services to persons who have delinquent accounts. FSIS charges fees for a variety of volun...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FSIS Codex Alimentarius Commission: Nineteenth Session of the Codex Committee on Fats and Oils The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States Department of Health and Human Services, are sponsoring a public meeting on February 1, 2005,...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Agriculture Department > FSIS Codex Alimentarius Commission: Twenty-seventh Session of the Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products The Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States Department of Health and Human Services, are sponsoring a public meeting on February 9, 2005,...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Agriculture Department > FS Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Committee The Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday, February 16, 2005. The meeting will be held at Olympic National Forest Headquarters, 1835 Black Lake Blvd., SW., Olympia, Washington. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and en...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Agriculture Department > FS Ouachita-Ozark Resource Advisory Committee This notice is published in accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Meeting notice is hereby given for the Ouachita-Ozark Resource Advisory Committee pursuant to Section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Se...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Milk marketing orders:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > AMS Milk in the Northeast Marketing Area; Decision on Proposed Amendments to Marketing Agreement and to Order This decision proposes to permanently adopt changes in provisions of the Northeast marketing area contained in a Recommended Decision published in the Federal Register on March 25, 2004, with one minor modification. This document is subject to approv...	Proposed Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Organization, functions, and authority delegations:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Establishment of Middle Mississippi Purchase Unit, Alexander, Jackson, and Union Counties, IL On October 24, 2004, the Deputy Under Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment created the Middle Mississippi Purchase Unit. This purchase unit comprises 60,000 acres, more or less, within Alexander, Jackson, and Union Counties, Illinois. A cop...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NRCS Notice of Proposed Changes to the Natural Resources Conservation Service's National Handbook of Conservation Practices Notice is hereby given of the intention of NRCS to issue 21 new or revised conservation practice standards in its National Handbook of Conservation Practices. These standards include: Amendments for Treatment of Agricultural Waste (Code 591), Early S...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > USBC Current Population Survey-Basic Demographic Items The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed or continuing information collections, as re...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Commerce Department > USBC Census Employment Inquiry The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, a...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Antidumping and countervailing duties:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping and countervailing duty orders and findings with December anniversary dates. In accordance with our regulations, we are initiat...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring Fishery NMFS proposes specifications for the 2005 Atlantic herring fishery, which would be maintained through 2006 unless stock and fishery conditions change substantially. The regulations for the Atlantic herring fishery require NMFS to publish specificatio...	Proposed Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Corporation for National and Community Service

Title	Type	Published
Corporation for National and Community Service Sunshine Act Notice Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Corporation for National and Community Service NCCC Advisory Board Meeting National Civilian Community Corps Advisory Board	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Defense Department

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

Title	Type	Published
DOD, GSA, NASA Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Schedules for Construction Contracts Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Secretariat will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request to review and approve an extension of a...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Meeting of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) Pursuant to section 10(a), Public Law 92-463, as amended, notice is hereby given of a forthcoming meeting of the Defense Department Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). The purpose of the Committee meeting is to discuss the 2004 DA...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Education Department

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Information Management Case Services Team, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Indian Education; Overview Information; Demonstration Grants for Indian Children; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Demonstration grants for Indian children	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Education Department Office of Indian Education; Overview Information; Professional Development; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Indian education professional development	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, as Amended by the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 The Secretary announces plans to hold the last of a series of public meetings to seek comments and suggestions from the public prior to developing and publishing proposed regulations to implement programs under the recently revised Individuals with D...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Energy Department

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension In compliance with the requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104-13), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is soliciting public comment on the specific aspects of the information co...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Duke Power; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Duke Power; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Duke Power; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Duke Power; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Duke Power; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings Electric rate and corporate regulation filings	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings Electric rate and corporate regulation filings	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application for Surrender of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests The licensee seeks to surrender the license because its lease of the project lands and facilities has been cancelled and it does not have the means or the intent to reacquire the project lands and to operate the project. The 500 kilowatt project is currently not operating.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Notice of Application and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Notice Soliciting Comments, and Final Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions Hydroelectric applications	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Motion To Withdraw Application for Approval of Negotiated Rate Agreement and To Terminate Proceeding Dominion Transmission, Inc.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C.; Notice of Compliance Filing Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Metcalf Energy Center, LLC; Notice of Issuance of Order Metcalf Energy Center, LLC	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Application Northern Natural Gas Co.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Interconnection for Wind Energy and Other Alternative Technologies The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is proposing to amend its regulations to require public utilities to append to the standard large generator interconnection agreement in their open access transmission tariffs (OATTs) specific tec...	Proposed Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Midwest Hydro Inc.; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment Midwest Hydro Inc.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC USGen New England, Inc.; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment USGen New England, Inc.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Midwestern Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed MGT Eastern Extension Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting Midwestern Gas Transmission Co.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Weaver's Cove Energy, L.L.C., Mill River Pipeline, L.L.C.; Notice of Limited Additional Period for Comment Weaver's Cove Energy, L.L.C., et al.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Gulfterra Texas Pipeline, LP; Notice of Technical Conference Gulfterra Texas Pipeline, LP; technical conference	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Energy Department > FERC Ingleside Energy Center LNG Project; Notice of Technical Conference Ingleside Energy Center LNG Project; technical conference	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Environmental Protection Agency

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Animal Feeding Operations Consent Agreement and Final Order The EPA is offering animal feeding operations (AFOs) an opportunity to sign a voluntary consent agreement and final order (henceforth referred to as the "Air Compliance Agreement" or the "Agreement"). A copy of the Air Compliance Agreement is attache...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New York; Low Emission Vehicle Program The Environmental Protection Agency is approving a New York State State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision to revise its existing low emission vehicle (LEV) program. The State's revision adopts California's second generation low emission vehicle prog...	Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Staff Office; EPI Suite Review Panel of the Science Advisory Board; Request for Nominations The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office (hereinafter, the "Staff Office") is announcing the formation of a new SAB review panel known as the EPI Suite Review Panel of the Science Advisory Boa...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Upcoming Science Advisory Board Meeting The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the EPA Science Advisory Board (the Board) to discuss the EPA science and research programs and budget, and to conduct other Board activities.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of Advisory Meetings of the Science Advisory Board Radiation Advisory Committee The Science Advisory Board (SAB) Radiation Advisory Committee (RAC) will receive briefings from the Agency and discuss its advisory agenda for FY 2005.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Environmental Protection Agency Board of Scientific Counselors, Ecological Research Subcommittee Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92- 463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), announces three meetings of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Ecological Research Subcommittee.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Draft Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants E-Docket No. ORD-2004-0015 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development's National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) is reviewing and, as appropriate, revising the EPA document, Air Quality Criteria for Ozone and Related Photochemi...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Executive Office of the President

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President Amendments to Executive Order 13285, Relating to the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation Service and Civic Participation, President's Council on; amendments (EO 13371)	Presidential Document	Jan 31, 2005

Special observances:

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, 2005 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp (Proc. 7865)	Presidential Document	Jan 31, 2005

Federal Communications Commission

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Procedures To Govern the Use of Satellite Earth Stations on Board Vessels in the 5925-6425 MHz/3700-4200 MHz Bands and 14.0-14.5 GHz/11.7-12.2 GHz Bands This document is a summary of the Report and Order adopted by the Commission in this proceeding. The Commission adopted licensing and service rules for satellite earth stations on vessels (ESVs) in the C- and Ku-bands that will provide regulatory cer...	Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Companies; Correction Change in bank control; correction	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies Formations, acquisitions, and mergers	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Federal Reserve System Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities Permissible nonbanking activities	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Federal Trade Commission

Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Prescreen Opt-Out Disclosure The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 ("FACT Act" or "Act") directs the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission"), in consultation with the Federal banking agencies and the National Credit Union Administration, to adopt a rule...	Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Premerger Notification; Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements The Commission is amending the premerger notification rules ("the rules") to reflect adjustment and publication of reporting thresholds as required by the 2000 amendments \1\ to Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, as added by the Hart-Scott...	Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Interlocking directorates:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Revised Jurisdictional Thresholds for Section 7A of the Clayton Act The Federal Trade Commission announces the revised thresholds for the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 required by the 2000 amendment of Section 7A of the Clayton Act. Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a, as added by the...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

General Services Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request; Application for Food and Drug Administration Approval to Market a New Drug The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Administrative Costs for Children in Title IV-E Foster Care The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing to amend the regulations for Child and Family Services with respect to title IV-E administrative costs and eligibility determinations and re-determinations for title IV-E foster care rec...	Proposed Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Clinical Center; Amended Notice of Meeting Clinical Research Advisory Board	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Cancer Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting National Cancer Institute	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings Scientific Review Center	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Commercializing Instruments, Reagents and Related Products Used for Template-Dependent Sequencing-by-Synthesis of Nucleic Acids at the Single Molecule Level, Wherein a Polymerase Carries the Donor Label This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license to practice the invention embo...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department OIG Supplemental Compliance Program Guidance for Hospitals This Federal Register notice sets forth the Supplemental Compliance Program Guidance (CPG) for Hospitals developed by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). Through this notice, the OIG is supplementing its prior compliance program guidance for hospi...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability. etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Draft Guidance for Industry on Abbreviated New Drug Applications: Impurities in Drug Substances; Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls Information; Availability The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "ANDAs: Impurities in Drug Substances; Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls Information." This draft guidance provides recommendations o...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Homeland Security Department

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC) This notice announces the date, time, and location for the first meeting of the ninth term of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC) and the expected agenda for its c...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Homeland Security Department Directorate of Science and Technology; Notice of Meeting of Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee (HSSTAC) will meet in closed session.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Interior Department

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the McGregor Range Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) and Notice of Opening of Public Comment Period With Public Meetings In accordance with Section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the BLM announces the availability of the DEIS for the McGregor Range RMPA. The DEIS documents the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts of four...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale Anticline Working Group In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (1972), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Anticline Working Group (PAWG) will meet in Pinedale, Wy...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Interior Department > BLM Notice To Cancel a Public Meeting, Steens Mountain Advisory Council The February 7 and 8, 2005, Steens Mountain Advisory Council Meeting, previously scheduled to be held at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Burns District Office, 28910 Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon 97738, has been cancelled. The original Federal...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Interior Department > BOR Meeting of the Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group, Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, Yakima, WA As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that the Yakima River Basin Conservation Advisory Group, Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, Yakima, Washington, established by the Secretary of the Interior, will ho...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

National Register of Historic Places:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions Pending nominations	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Public land orders:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Public Land Order No. 7624; Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated October 22, 1920; Idaho This order revokes a Secretarial Order in its entirety as it affects 36,578.69 acres of land withdrawn for the Bureau of Reclamation's Minidoka Project, American Falls Reservoir. The land is located within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation and would r...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Justice Department

DNA identification system:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department DNA Sample Collection From Federal Offenders Under the Justice for All Act of 2004 The Department of Justice is publishing this interim rule to implement section 203(b) of Pub. L. 108-405, the Justice for All Act of 2004. The Justice for All Act of 2004 authorizes the Department of Justice to treat offenses in certain specified cat...	Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Executive Office for Immigration Review:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department Background and Security Investigations in Proceedings Before Immigration Judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals This rule amends Department regulations governing removal and other proceedings before immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals when a respondent has applied for particular forms of immigration relief allowing the alien to remain in th...	Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Labor Department

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > MSHA Summary of Decisions Granting in Whole or in Part Petitions for Modification Under section 101 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, the Secretary of Labor (Secretary) may allow the modification of the application of a mandatory safety standard to a mine if the Secretary determines either that an alternate method...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Legal Services Corporation

Title	Type	Published
Legal Services Corporation Sunshine Act Meetings of the Board of Directors and Four of the Board's Committees Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

No documents available.

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the following information collection requirement to OMB for review and clearaqnce under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104- 13. This is the second notice for public comment; the fir...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
National Science Foundation National Science Board and Its Subdivisions; Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Safety Light Corporation; Notice of Reconstitution Safety Light Corp.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendment for the Department of Health and Human Services' Facility in Kensington, MD Notice of availability.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for License Amendement for SWATCH Group (U.S.), Inc.’s Facility in Lancaster, PA Notice of availability.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards; Subcommittee Meeting on Thermal-Hydraulic Phenomena; Notice of Meeting Reactor Safeguards Advisory Committee	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

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Postal Regulatory Commission

Rules of practice and procedure:

Title	Type	Published
Postal Regulatory Commission Solicitation of Comments on First Use of Rules Applicable to Negotiated Service Agreements This document addresses the solicitation of comments in a proceeding to consider potential changes to the Commission rules for considering functionally equivalent Negotiated Service Agreements. These comments will be used to evaluate whether improvem...	Proposed Rule	Jan 31, 2005

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Railroad Retirement Board

Title	Type	Published
Railroad Retirement Board Proposed Collection; Comment Request In accordance with the requirement of section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Railroad Retirement Board Agency Forms Submitted for OMB Review In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted the following proposal(s) for the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approva...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as Amended (“Act”) Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 filings	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change by the American Stock Exchange LLC Relating to Options Transaction Fees in Connection With the Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts American Stock Exchange LLC	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change and Amendment No. 1 Thereto by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., To Establish Rules Governing the Operation of Nasdaq's Brut Facility National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory Organizations; Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Order Granting Accelerated Approval to a Proposed Rule Change to Increase Position Limits and Exercise Limits for Options on Standard and Poor's Depositary Receipts (SPDRs®) Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

Title	Type	Published
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Degas Sculptures” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
State Department Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Fra Angelico” Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

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Trade Representative, Office of United States

Trade Agreements Act of 1979; determinations:

Title	Type	Published
Trade Representative, Office of United States Determination Regarding Waiver of Discriminatory Purchasing Requirements With Respect to Goods and Services Covered by Chapter 15 of the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement Determination under Trade Agreements Act of 1979.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 Series Airplanes The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Airbus Model A319, A320, and A321 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require replacing the cargo ventilation extraction duct at frame 65 with a new duct, and relocating th...	Proposed Rule	Jan 31, 2005
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 757 Series Airplanes Equipped With Rolls Royce Model RB211 Engines This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 757 series airplanes, that requires repetitive detailed inspections of the support brackets and associated fasteners for the hydraulic lines located in the n...	Rule	Jan 31, 2005
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model EMB-135BJ Series Airplanes The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain EMBRAER Model EMB-135BJ series airplanes. This AD requires modifying the electrical wiring for the "stick pusher" system. This AD is prompted by a report that the stick pushers are no...	Rule	Jan 31, 2005
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Gippsland Aeronautics Pty. Ltd. Model GA8 Airplanes The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Gippsland Aeronautics Pty. Ltd. Model GA8 airplanes. This AD requires you to inspect the pilot and co-pilot control column wheels and aileron cable operating arm shafts for damage and, if...	Rule	Jan 31, 2005
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 and MD-11F Airplanes Equipped With Pratt & Whitney PW4000 Series Engines The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 and MD-11F airplanes equipped with Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series engines. This AD requires, for each engine, replacing, with a tube assembly, the existin...	Rule	Jan 31, 2005
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 and MD-11F Airplanes The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain McDonnell Douglas Model MD-11 and MD-11F airplanes. This AD requires inspecting the power feeder cables of the auxiliary power unit (APU) for chafing damage, and accomplishing any rel...	Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Carrying Candidates in Elections This final rule allows an aircraft operator, other than one operating an aircraft as an air carrier or commercial operator, to receive payment for carrying a candidate seeking office in a State or local election during a campaign. Current regulations...	Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Treasury Department

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Treasury Department > OTS Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request-Lending and Investment The proposed information collection requirement described below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OTS is soliciting public comments on the proposal.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 8849 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form 12196 The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Treasury Department > IRS Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Alcohol; viticultural area designations:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > TTB Proposed Expansion of the Russian River Valley Viticultural Area (2003R-144T) The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau has received a petition proposing the expansion of the existing Russian River Valley viticultural area in Sonoma County, California. The proposed 30,200- acre expansion would increase the size of this viti...	Proposed Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Open Meeting of the Earned Income Tax Credit Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel An open meeting of the Earned Income Tax Credit Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be conducted (via teleconference). The Committee will be discussing issues pertaining to the IRS administration of the Earned Income Tax Credit.	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Veterans Affairs Department

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal agencies are required to publish noti...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Jan 31, 2005

Adjudication; pensions, compensation, dependency, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Time Limit for Requests for De Novo Review In a document published in the Federal Register at 67 FR 10866 on March 11, 2002, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposed to amend its adjudication regulations concerning the time a claimant has in which to request a de novo review of a deci...	Proposed Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Loan Guaranty:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Loan Guaranty: Prepurchase Counseling Requirements The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on October 11, 2001 (66 FR 51893) to amend its loan guaranty regulations that set forth underwriting standards for VA guaranteed loans. We had proposed to requi...	Proposed Rule	Jan 31, 2005

National cemetaries:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Relocation of National Cemetery Administration Regulations Previously the regulations administered by the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) were set forth in Part 1 of Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Recently, NCA was assigned Part 38 of Title 38 f...	Rule	Jan 31, 2005

Federal Register January 31, 2005

Agencies Publishing on January 31, 2005

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Commerce Department

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Defense Department

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Education Department

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Energy Department

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Electric utilities (Federal Power Act):

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

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Environmental Protection Agency

Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:

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Executive Office of the President

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

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Federal Communications Commission

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Federal Reserve System

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Federal Trade Commission

Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act; implementation:

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act; implementation:

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General Services Administration

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Health and Human Services Department

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Justice Department

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Labor Department

Legal Services Corporation

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR):

N National Science Foundation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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P Postal Regulatory Commission

Rules of practice and procedure:

R Railroad Retirement Board

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

State Department

Art objects; importation for exhibition:

T Trade Representative, Office of United States

Trade Agreements Act of 1979; determinations:

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Treasury Department

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National Science Foundation

P
Postal Regulatory Commission

R
Railroad Retirement Board

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Trade Representative, Office of United States